Good Day Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed any changes to how stacted fractions work with the installation of the update to version .480? In previous V8i SS2 versions, a user would type in say " 1'-2 1/2" " and the "1/2" would automatically change to a stacked fraction like " 1/2 ". On workstations that I have upgraded, this seems to be disabled.
Your comments are very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Chuck
I may have discovered the problem. One of the problem drawings was created in Bentley Architecture or an older version (Project Architect). When I opened the drawing in Microstation only, I got the bad behavior. When I opened the same drawing in Bentley Architecture, the fractions displayed properly in the print preview and also printed properly, regardless of the fractions box selection in the text style dialog. I'm still working on this theory but it looks like the case.
The only reason it would print out an Asterisk (*) is if M-Sta could not find the font that had the Stacked Fraction defined in it.. It would also display it that way in the view also.
If it is displaying correctly on the screen it should plot that way.
There is no setting, (That I know of) View or Print attribute that would change and give you an output of an * instead of the stacked fraction displayed in the view you are plotting from.
Are you batch printing a series of files without opening them first using Print Organizer or IPlot, or changing your workspace so it is reading a different resource file?
I Hope this Helps!
Just to understand the problem,
You mean when you place the fraction in active view you see asterisk (*) ? or when you actually take a print on paper (or print as pdf) you see asterisk(*).
~Sumit
The thing I see is that when you have fractions checked in the text style box, you type in a fraction, say, 3/8" and in the text editor, once you type in the " character it alters the whole string, graying it out some and creating the stacked fraction. When you print this, it prints out an asterisk (*) instead of the fraction. What's up with that?!
I only have Ss3 Beta but I am not having any problems.
Could it be that it is not reading the correct .rsc font with the stacked fractions in it.
I wish it would display the Name of the font rsc file & location in the Fonts dialog when you click on the font like it does in the Line Styles dialog.